Rope holder



' J. J-.VVRVEITZ June 8 1926.

HOPE HOLDER Fi eE Au ust 50, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet J. J. REITZ ROPE HOLDER June 8 1926.

Filed August :50, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JJJEZZZZ Patented June 8, 1926.

JACOB J. REITZ, OF AKRON, OHIO.

ROPE HOLDER.

Application filed. August 30, 1924.

Although a preferrform has bee. shown, mechanic, worl within the scope alze chances with- .1t ot' the unionot what is claimed, 11' out departing from the tion.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the lllVQlltlCdl, the line being shown as it will appear whilst the slaclr is being;' talren up; Figure 2 is a similar view showing; the line as it w' ll appear after it has been belayed; Figure 8 is a side elevation, the line appearing as in Figure 1; Figure l is a side elevation, the line appearing as in Figure 2. Figure 5 is an elevation showing a modification; Figure 6 is a side elevation of the same modification; Figure '4' is a Vertical sectional View taken on the line 7-? of Figure 6; Figure 8 is a frontelevation of another modifiestion; Figure 9 is a side elevation.

The cleat comprises a base 3. having notches or openings 9 adapted to receive securing elements 3 whereby the cleat may be mounted on a support. The body of the cleat is marked by the numeral and projects from the base 1 at a point near to the geometrical. center of the base. The body l carries a lilt worse head 5 equipped in its ends with app iiiinately V-shaped notches 6 defining arms 7 provided in their ends with seats 8 The line which is to be tightened is extended horizontally as at 9, through one of the seats 8, the line being extended down wardly as at 10, around the body l of the cleat as at 11, upwardly as at 12, through one notch 6, as at 1%, the free end of the line being extended downwardly as at 15.

The horizontal portion 9 of the line is snapped vertically, in the direction of the arrows A. in Figure 3, and the end of the Serial No. 735,135.

line is pulled in the direct-ion of the arrow B until the slack is taken up. Then the horizontal portion 9 of the line'is pushed out of the seat 8 and drops down into the notch 6, on top of the part 14 of the line, as shown in Figures l and 2 at 16, thereby jamming the part 14: of the line in. the notch 6 and belaying the line.

The distance between the seat 8 and the base oi the notch is so small, compared with the total length of the line, that the small amount of slack produced when the line drops'froin the seat into the notch, does not amount to much, and generally may be oisregarded. lOWQ-YQI, when the line is arranged as shown in Figure l, the little additional slack produced as above described, often may be gotten rid or, by snapping the horizontal part of the line as hereinbefore explained and as denoted by the arrows A, the end 15 ot the line being hauled down.

In Figure 5 and in Figure 6, the base is shown at and has openings 26 for the reception of securing elements. The body of the cleat appears at 2? and the head is shown There is a notch 29 in one end only of the head 28, the notch defining arms 30 having seats 31 in their ends. The head 28 has a short projection 32 at its lower end, which aids in retaining the line, the projection being beveled inwardly as at 33.

In Figures 7 and 8, the body 34, the head 35, the notch 36, the arms 37, and the seats are constructed as shown in l igjures 5 and 6, but the base 39 is of octagonal outline and has a rearwardly projecting attaching screw all).

I claim:

ln a device of the class described, a cleat conuprising a base, a body projectingfrom the base at right angles thereto, and a transverse head carried by the body and disposed zupprozr' nately parallel to the base, the head being provided with a terminal notch o'l approximately ii-shape, the notch defining arins provided in their ends with seats, the off the sea: being disposed at right angles to the base, and the seats being so shallow that a line located therein may be dislodged readily therefrom, for reception in the notch.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afilxed my signature.

JACOB J. REITZ. 

